Fiona has been a volunteer for Diabetes UK since 2012. She was first diagnosed in 2000 with type 1 and she didn’t know many people with diabetes until she joined us as a volunteer in 2012. As a teenag ...

Rachel Battley is running the Great Manchester 10k run to support her sister’s family. Her niece and brother-in-law were diagnosed with type 1 diabetes within just one month of each other. Sarah ...

The perfect opportunity  Lea was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes when she was 12. From her diagnosis, she was passionate about advocating for people living with diabetes and raising awareness, ...

Diagnosis I was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at the age of 19 over 30 years ago. I’ve never hidden the fact that I have diabetes and my dad also has type 1 diabetes. I work in a secondary school ...

Hollie from Aberdeenshire shares what it was like being diagnosed as an under 40-year-old and how making changes to her diet and increasing her physical activity has helped her put her diabetes into r ...

Mendy's son, Moshe, was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in 2017, aged 11 months. Shortly afterwards, Moshe and his family got involved in a research study we funded into the very early ons ...

Colin told us about how he's managing daily life with type 2 diabetes during lockdown and how he’s using this time to make positive changes  Meet our Volunteer Spotlight for April 2020, Sally ...

Anthony shares his experience of the challenges and complications of living with type 1 diabetes. Following cancelled appointments, and with his eyesight not effectively monitored, Anthony developed r ...

Amanda’s eldest daughter Isabella was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in 2014. Amanda decided to take part in the Diabetes UK and JDRF funded ELSA study to have her younger children – Kieran, Liam and ...